Day 430, Away at Wigan

The last league meeting between Sheffield United and Wigan was the final game of the 2006-2007 Premier League season.

Losing to Wigan that day lead to relegation from the Premier League.

Earlier in the season, away at Wigan on 16 December 2006, United didn't lose.  Rob Hulse scored the winner on that occasion in a single goal victory.  But for the injury to Hulse later in the season United may have escaped relegation - never mind the variety of well documented insults to add to that injury which also could have meant escape.*

So moving on to the next match for United this season, away at Wigan on Boxing Day.

Both United and Wigan are now in the old third division.

Oh dear.

Unfortunately most cash strapped clubs stand little chance in the very one-sided battle of wealth that is the Premier League, there may occasionally be exceptions but they are exactly that, very brief exceptions.

Better to look to the future rather than the past, even if there's quite a lot of good stuff amongst the dross of history.**

But before we do that let's have a look at the squad.

The McAlpine Stadium as I think it was, or the DW Stadium, who knows

Players for Sheffield United that day.

Scorer
Rob Hulse 45

Team:
Paddy Kenny
Claude Davis
Chris Morgan
Derek Geary
Phil Jagielka
Rob Kozluk
Keith Gillespie
Michael Tonge
Stephen Quinn
Rob Hulse
Danny Webber

Substitutions:
Chris Armstrong for Stephen Quinn 70
Nick Montgomery for Michael Tonge 70
Leigh Bromby for Danny Webber 88

Cards:
Chris Morgan 68 Y
Claude Davis 73 Y

Subs bench:
Leigh Bromby
Chris Armstrong
Nick Montgomery
Christian Nade
Colin Kazim-Richards




*Fans of opposing teams are likely to make a fuss about this - a lot of people that follow football are partisan, and will go on about pointless stuff at great length not realising how stupid it makes them appear.
**This only applies to nonsense like football, for example it would be ridiculous in politics to ignore the lessons of history.


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